interpreting queries log

[Kevin Darcy]

Bill Friedman wrote:

> Can't seem to find documentation describing meaning of  the last field,
> i.e. A6, AAAA,
>
> Aug 12 15:43:48.789 createfetch: ns3-auth.sprintlink.net A
> Aug 12 15:43:48.789 createfetch: ns3-auth.sprintlink.net A6
> Aug 12 15:43:49.546 createfetch: ns2-auth.sprintlink.net AAAA
> Aug 12 15:43:53.038 createfetch: ns3-auth.sprintlink.net AAAA
> Aug 12 15:43:53.039 createfetch: ns1-auth.sprintlink.net AAAA

Those are record types. The AAAA record type was defined in RFC 1886. The
A6 record type was defined in RFC 2874, which has been moved to
Experimental. The A record type was part of the base DNS spec (RFCs
1034/1035).


- Kevin